Benchmarks: 3DMark2001SE, Q III Arena

3DMark2001 SE is the latest installment in
the 3DMark series by MadOnion. By combining DirectX8 support with completely new
graphics, it continues to provide good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001 SE
has been created in cooperation with the major 3D accelerator and processor
manufacturers to provide a reliable set of diagnostic tools. The suite
demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using real-world gaming technology to test
a system's true performance abilities. Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders,
Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3 and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping,
support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and Texture Compression and two game tests
using Ipion real-time physics. Higher 3DMark scores denote better
performance.

3DMark2001 SE
Benchmark Results

Processor

3DMarks

Ranking

1.

MSI
K7N2-L - 166/400

15073

2.

FIC AU11 - 166/333

15398

3.

Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333

15406

4.

Epox 8RDA+ - 184/368

16225

Again, the nForce2 motherboard perform about the same in
all the benchmarks and overclocking gets us a nice 900 point boost!

Quake III Arena is a First Person Shooter (FPS)
that revolutionized gaming as we know it. Using multiple light sources and
having graphics textures that can fill videocards, even after 3 years it's still
able to bring a cutting edge system to its knees.

Quake III
Arena Fastest demo001 (SYSTEM)

Processor

3DMarks

Ranking

1.

MSI
K7N2-L - 166/400

333.7

2.

FIC AU11 - 166/333

351.5

3.

Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333

353.7

4.

Epox 8RDA+ - 184/368

391.3

Quake III
Arena Fastest nv15demo (CPU STRESS)

Processor

FPS

Ranking

1.

MSI
K7N2-L - 166/400

94

2.

FIC AU11 - 166/333

100.7

3.

Epox 8RDA+ - 166/333

101.2

4.

Epox 8RDA+ - 184/368

113.3

Quake III
Arena says the
exact same thing all the other benchmarks says - nForce2 is fast, damn
fast!